Automatic coffee-measure.



Jv. H. PSIKAL.

AUTOMATIC COFFEE MEASURE.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 29, 191sAA Patented Feb 18, 1913 /JL L f if l." .111111,11 1, al ,111,11 I 11.11111111111 WITNFSSES UNITED, STATES, rarnjurorrion .rosE'ir rikrsllknnor exterior/Ie.

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useful Improvements 'in Automatic Cofee tucasa-lifes,of'.whiclnttlie following is asplecin `The present linvention. relates to certain newv and f useful improvements in automaticl ci-aree 'measuring devices such as are adapt.-

edv to be employedfor measurlng coffee orv the like asV it is transferred :E1-ona-,thencofeefl container or can to the coifee pot.

The object of thsv invention is to provide an' automatic .charge measuring devicev of this characterwhlch 1s comparativelylsimple and, inexpensive in its construction,-

which 'ca'nbe .easily and,quickly manipulated, and which embodies novel features of constructionwhereloy adjustment can j be made to vary the sizeof the charge as may be' desired or found necessary.,

Withthese and other objects in view, Athe invention consists' certain novelv .combinations and arrangements of the parts as descrintion and accompanying drawing`in' whlchz- Figure 1 is through a -coffee can provided withl a charge measuring device constructed in .accordance with the invention. Fig. 2 is a sidejelevation ofthe codec can, a'portion of one side thereof bei-ngbrokenY away, and Fig. `3 is a llorizontal sectional view on the line 3 3 of Corresponding and like parts are to inthe following description and indi? cated in all the views of. the drawings .by the same reference characters Specifically describing thev present embodiment of. the; invention, the numeral 1 designates the container or can which may be of -Yany suitable construction, and is preferably of such--a sizel as to hold any predetermined amount ofcoifeeor other material, such as one pound' or.' a half ound. Thevcontainer 1 is designed `,to be. lle'd, froin'the bottom, thereof, 'an'd'is shown in the present instance4 as provided-at thebott'omwith a removable closure 2 which can be .easily screwed into PSII-inra..

i vertical -'sectional'4 view Patented Feb. 18,1913.

tor out-of position. This, however, forms no part of the present `invention, and any suitablepro-vision'can beY made4 ,for filling 4the container..

The top of the container 1 -conununicates with a chargeA` measuring 'chamber intov ywhich the/contentsof the can or container aredesigned to pass when the container 'is inverted. Thls chargev measuring chamber adjustable' to any 'size and ,is shown as formed by' the two telescoping tubular mem.

by adjusting the tubular member 4 upon thev member 3, the sizeof the charge receiving chamber can be varied as desired, and a set screw 5 is provided, for looking the telescoping. member. 4 in a fixed position upon the member: j l v j A slide4 'valve 6 is provided at the base of -the charge measuring chamber, while a sec- .on-dsimilarly 'constructed .slide valve 7 is provided atthe 'outer 'end -of the' charge ,measuring chamber... The valve '6 slides within the. guideways- 8l and controls an opening 9| in a diaphragm 10 at' the lower 'endof the tubularmember or spout 3, while the valve 7 slides in` the guideway 11 and controls an opening` 12 in a diaphragm 13 at fthe outer end of the telescoping member 4. The valve 6 is pivotally connected at 14 to a lever 15, and the valve 7 is also pivotally connected-at 16 tol thesame lever. This lever ispivotallymounted at* 17 upon an arm- 18 which projects from the tubular vmember or; spout 3, the lower end of the telescoping Vmember 4 being suitably slotted at 19 to receive the arm 18. L l

The lower end .of .the lever 15 is curved outwardly and downwardly at 158L and passes through aA slot 2O in the upper end "of a handle 21 which is applied to one side of the container l. The lower end of the 'lever 15 terminates in a finger piece 15b '.which is arranged within the handle 21 in vsucha Amanner that it can be conveniently grasped for 'operating' the lever. The bracket 18 projects outwardly beyond the point 17 at which the lever 15 is pivotally connected thereto, the extremity of the said bracket being connected by. a spring 22 to the outwardlyl curved lower end of the lever 15. This spring. normally tends to swing fthe lever 15j into the .position shown by Fig.

V1, in'which the' valve 7 is closed and the Valve 6 is'open.

In the use of the measuring device, the container 1 is first inverted to permit the colee or other material within the sa'me to iow through the opening 9 into the measuring chamber until the said measuring chamber is lled. The container is then inverted over the coffee pot or othermember into which it is designed to place the charge, and the linger piece b is then pressed t0- ward the container l so as to move the lever15 against the action of the spring 22 `6 is close and reverse the position of the valves. The

valve 6 is then closed and the valve 7 opened,

and thevcoiiec'within the charge measuring chamber iiows out through the opening 12, while the coffee within the container is prevented from entering the charge measuring chamber b -reason'of the fact that the valve Should'it be desired to eject several Ycharges of4 the coffee or like material, it is merely necessary to reciprocate the lever 15, each complete revolution of the lever serving to manipulate the valves 6 and 7 so as to fill and empty the charge measuring chamber. This eliminates the necessity of providing an extra measuring device for the coee or other material within the container, and enables the same to be quickly and accurately dispensed in charges of a known size directly from the contalner.

As previously stated, the size of the `charge measuring chamber can be regulated` by telescoping the member 4 upon the tubular member or spout 3, and the lever 15 is shown as formed with an outer end ortion 15c to which the valve 7 is pivotal y con-` what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is r A device of the character described including a container, a handle applied to the vcontainer and formed with a slot, a charge measuring chamber communicating with the f container, a -bracket projecting from the charge measuring chamber, a valve controlling communication between the containerand the charge measuring chamber, a second valve controlling the outlet from the l charge measuring chamber, and a lever pivotally mounted upon the bracket and having an operative connection with the two valves .for 4alternately opening and closing the same, the end of the lever being received within the slot of the handle which forms a guide for the same.

In testimony whereof I aiiix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

` JOSEPH H. PSIKAL. Witnesses:

MINNIE PsIKAL, K. S. VAN VooRrmEs. 

